Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| very often / come / to help me / My parents |
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| She / dresses / very often / in blue |
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| go on holiday / My parents / almost never |
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| Does / ? / Kevin / win / always |
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| help you / Tom / rarely / will / if you need it |
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| I / what to say / never / know |
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| How / do / you / go / often / to the disco? |
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| soup / every other day / have / We |
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| My car / breaks down / several times a year |
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| John / often / is / late |
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| I / dress / always / Can / in green? |
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| to the gym / ? / you / every day / go / Do |
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| to the dentist / go / once a year / usually / I |
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| it / I / five times / saw |
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| shopping / I / have to go / day in, day out |
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| Mike / for dinner / pizza / eats / often |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| when you talk to her / rarely / She / listens |
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| every other day. / need / I travel a lot. I / some petrol |
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| always / is / asking me questions / She |
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| once a month / to the hairdresser's / go / I / usually |
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| They / listen / can / never |
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| hardly ever / I / eat / oranges |
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| am / very tired / usually / Something is the matter with me. I / in the mornings. |
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| I / to the gym / three times a week / go |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| twice / Yesterday, / she / me / phoned |
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| at home? / usually / you / Do / have lunch |
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| feel tired? / Do / you / often |
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| can / You / find / never / your car keys |
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| usually / They / need / some help with the homework |
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| get up / I / at 8 a.m. / always |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
